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Posey County 
Water = Pageant 

Celebrating 

Indiana s Centennial 



HOME COMING 

HISTORICAL PARADE 

PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES 

EVENING CONCERT 




Posey County X 
Water= Pageant 

Celebrating 

Indiana s Centennial 



HOME COMING 

HISTORICAL PARADE 

PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES 

EVENING CONCERT 




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Mount Vernon, Indiana 

Sept. 12-13, 1916 



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MRS. NORA C. FRETAGEOT 

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Writer of tke Pageant 



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PROGRAM 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916. 



8:00 to 10:00 a. m. — Get together, shake hands, have re- 
freshments. 

10:00 to 11:30 a. m. — Band concert, Posey county bands. 

11:30 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. — Lunch. 

1 :00 to 1 :45 p. m. — Band concert, Indianapolis Military 
band. (East side of court house.) 

1 :45 p. m. — Invocation, Archdeacon W. R. Plummer. 

2:00 p. m. — Opening address. 

2:30 p. m. — Parade. 

Order of Parade. 

Indianapohs Military Band. 

1st Float — The Indians. 

2nd Float — Native Animals, 

3rd Float — The Pioneers. 

4th Float — Their Descendants. 

5th Float— Ship of State. 

6th Float — Pioneer Missionary — Father Durbin. 

7th Float — First Educational Institution in the County. 

8th Float — First Court House — Springfield. 

Band. 
City and County Officers. 
Four Hundred School Children of the County. 

Band. 
Floats Representing Mt. Vernon History. 

Band. 
Secret Organizations. 

Band. 
Industrial Parade. 

Human flag. This flag will be in position during the parade 
and will sing some songs immediately after the close of the 
parade. 

PROGRAM. 
Grand Free Open Air Concert, 8:00 O'clock P. M. 

Indianapolis Military Band. 

1. March — ''Gentry's Triumphat" Jewell 

2. Overture — "Phedre" Massenet 

3. Intermezzo — "Cupid's Pleadings" ! Voelker 

4. Vocal Solo Eugene Eagleson 

5. Selection — "Naughty Marietta" Herbert 

Intermission. 



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6. Overture — Oberon Weber 

7. Vocal Solo Mrs. C. R. Pleasants 

8. Polonaise — Militaire Chopin 

9. Rhapsodie Hungroise No. 9 Liszt 

10. Posey County Chorus of 150 Voices. 

Chorus Directed by Prof. C. J. Nelson. 

1 1 . America By Audience 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1916. 
9:30 to 10:30 a. m. — Concert, Indianapolis Military band. 
10:45 a. m. — "Home Coming" address. 
1:30 to 2:30 p. m. — Concert, Indianapolis Military band. 
2:45 p. m. — Address. 
4:30 p. m. — Human flag. 
5:00 p. m. — Pole dance and other drills. 
7:30 p. m. — Historic river pageant on river front. (Outlined 
elsewhere in Word Book). 



HISTORICAL PAGEANT. 

Introduction. 

1. The Ohohio. 

2. Dryads of the Forest. 

3. The Spirit of the Centennial. 
Episode I. One Hundred Years and more ago. 

1. The Indians. 

2. Fur traders, trappers, French Missionaries. 

3. The Pioneers. 

Episode II. The Nineteenth Century. 

1. The coming of the Rappites. 

2. The Owen Community. 

3. Mt. A^ernon, the County Seat. 
Episode HI. Pohtical unrest. 

1. The Civil War. 

2. The Hovey Campaign. 

3. In ^Memory. 

Episode IV. Progress Unfolded. 
FINALE. 
iSIrs. A. B. Hart, Chairman. 
]Mrs. C. T. Johnson, Secretar3^ 
Mrs. Alfred Alexander, ]Mt. Vernon. 



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Mrs. Henry Kling, ^It. Vernon. 

INIrs. Nora C. Fretageot, New Harmony. 

Mr. W. B. jNIumford, New Harmony. 

Mrs. Arthur Jaquess, Poseyville. 

Mrs. Will Davis, Poseyville. 

Mrs. Thomas Cleveland, Cynthiana. 

Mrs. John Gudgel, Cynthiana. 

JNIiss Anna Well3orn, Stewartsville. 

Dr. Brydon, Griffin. 

Pacific Hendricks, West Franklin. 

Mrs. John Caborn, Caborn. 

Mrs. Lizzie Maier, St. Phillips. 

MRS. MARY H. FLAXXER, 

of Indianapolis, Director. 

MR. WILLIAM INIAURER, 

Stage ^Manager. 

MISS LOUISE HUSBAND, 

Author and Reader of Prologue. 

For Assistant Episode Directors see page — 

The scene is laid on a stage arranged on tlie river 
facing Sherburne Park, Mt. Vernon. In the fore- 
ground is the greensward with a background of tree 
branches to represent the Forest. 

Over the water comes hastening to their trysting 
place the nymphs of the Beautiful Oholiio. They imi- 
tate, in dance, the laving waves, surge back and forth, 
storm driven, followed by a calm. As they rest lapping 
the shore, forth from the wood dance the unleashed Dry- 
ad spirits, mingling with myriad Fireflies and glittering 
Starlight, all reveling in the night. At the approach of 
day they flee from siglit into the bosom of the forest. 

Foreshadowing the events to follow, steps forth our 
Indiana, to greet Posey County and her ten Townships. 
Two heralds follow, announcino- the coming of the 



SPIRIT OF THE CENTENNIAL, who delivers 
A PROLOGUE 

The sands in Father Time's glass run slowly 
And mark the clianoing ages as thev go. 



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All the past with its trials lies hehiiid us, 

All the future with its uneertaiuties awaits us. 

Lest we forget, 'tis well to review the story of our State 

And credit give to those who helped to make it. 

The beautiful River Ohohio, famous in legend and song, 

With her rippling sparkling water, heavenly blue, 

Laughing and playing on its way to the sea. 

Has called all native sons and daughters true 

Of Old Posey to meet in a loyal clan, 

To join the County party of honor to the age 

Of Indiana History's most treasured page. 

One hundred years have come and gone. 

Pondering, we live in another world. 

And catch anon a glimpse of characters and early days, 

So dear to everj^ Hoosier heart. 

Here once there rose and fell the laving wave 

And Dryads sprang from sylvan forest glade. 

Where star-like woodland sprites to Pan's sw^eet music 

Bent each graceful form. When, lo! 

There glides in silent train the Red jNIan and his squaw 

To pitch their wigwam and to build their daily fire. 

The Braves to hunt and dance, in gravest measure. 

The Squaws to cook and weave and live their simple 

Wandering life in peaceful ease. 

Next comes the Frenchman w ith his beads and blankets 

gay 
To barter with the trapper for his furs, 
And bring the Message of God's mercy and His love. 

The pioneer, with brawny arm next swings the axe 
To clear the land and till the soil. 

His heart agl6w with hopeful fire, kindled with deter- 
mination's oil. 
About his home the treacherous Indian lurks. 
Creeps to his door the wild beasts in their search 
Of food. Dangers and privations daunt liim not. 



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Down the broad Ohio, into the Wabash came 
Stalwart German settlers, followers of Father Rapp. 
In the broad and fertile valley founded Harmonie. 
Industries began to flourish. Factories began to thrive. 
On the hills were planted vineyards, flelds were cleared 

for grain. 
With tool and trowel, skilled mechanics builded better 

than they knew. 
A godly, earnest people were they, industrious and true. 

Then came Robert Owen, full of zeal and hope. 

To evolve his social pro'olems, make a paradise of eaith. 

New Harmony he now did name the place, 

A model fo;- his philanthropic plans for good of all mar.- 

kind. 
Their education, social cast and equal brotherhood. 
Alas, for him! Alas, for us! The whole proved but a 

dream ! 
Stay! Round his children, faithful to their adopted land, 
.Assembled sage ai'd savant, though a continent they 

spanned. 
Scientists and educators gathered here on Posey soil. 
And the day is very distant when Owen's name will not 

be found 
Stamped indelibly and honorably hi book, or stone, or 

mind 

On the banks of the Ohio stands the city of Mt. Vernon, 
Town of wealth and transportation's queen. 
Once it was McFadden's BluflP and Landing fair 
For flat boats, heavy laden, steamboats, all watercraft 

indeed. 
Till growing, growing, it rose to height so great 
That from erstwhile Blackford and early Springfield 

too. 
It wrested County Seat of government and civic lead- 
ership. 
Hark! The War cry severs North and South! 
Men and boys march forth in battle's full array. 



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Bidding farewell to mother, wife and child, 

Leaving them watching, waiting, hoping for news from 

the front. 
Some gave their lives at Fredericksburg, many miles 

away. 
Others sleep at Chicamauga, 'neath the Hag for which 

they fought, 
A few returned to tell the story of bloodshed, heroism 

and glory. 
But the vacant chair, draped by loving hands. 
Stands mute reminder of the answer to a nation's call. 

Came peace and progress later, and Indiana 
And her Counties brave, waxed strong. 
Not the least of these is Posey, 
Once so ridiculed of men. 
Now the pride of all our people 
With her wealth of wheat and corn. 
With her love of education, and her faith in her fair 
homes. 

Here is a tribute to our dear Indiana ! 

Her star in the field of blue in Old Glory 

Twinkles brighter in our sight than any other! 

Brave are her heroes in war! Earnest her people in peace I 

Generous with the products of her soil, she helps to feed 

the world. 
First in politics, foremost in statesmanship and educa- 
tion. 
Ranking high in poetry, literature, art and song. 
She leads in all that stands for worth and progress great ! 
Let us go forth with greater zeal unto the outer day 
And show the nation, that Posey with loyalty will help, 
Use her strength of heart, and mind and will. 
To keep unblemished the purity of her record still. 



EPISODE I. 



First look upon the Indian in this primal scene. Ca- 
noes are their favorite watercraft. Their wandering 
lives teach the use of temporary abodes. They build their 



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tepee, and their camp fire. Love of color, ])ersonal 
adornment and very little amusement sii])ply enough of 
change to satisfy. 

Sometimes from out the quiet Council, the dusky 
Braves rise up in heavy war paint and adorned with well 
earned trappings, display their mystic rites. vSometimes 
the Squaws come from domestic duties to their ceremon- 
ial dance, or Indian mother chants a lullaby to soothe her 
infant child. 

At the least signal of alarm, the sands and grasses 
beneath their feet lie silent, and hurriedly extinguishing 
their fire, they steal away into the ever protecting forest. 

However some fur traders approach and the In- 
dians return, l)ringing their precious skins and pelts to 
exchange for trinkets, beads and bright colored fabrics. 

A boat appears upon the river. The French Mis- 
sionaries are coming, their voices raised in solemnly 
measured chant. Borne aloft are the sacred banner and 
their country's flag. They land and kneel about the 
wooden cross, symbol of their church and life. The trad- 
ers and the trusting Indians join them. 

Even as they kneel, the invading Red Coats march 
upon the scene on their way to the frontier. Hostile 
grow the Red ^len, till Harrison, the Territorial leader 
with his American soldiers appear and restore peace. 

The Holy Fathers then resume their journey down 
the stream. The soldiers march a\vay. The Indians re- 
tire to their forest homes. 

A few more years bring on the scene the hardy 
pioneer. Where tlie waters of the Ohio and the Wabash 
meet, comes Tom Jones, the first white settler, seeking 
a place to build a home. Falling in with a few Indians, 
he chooses and marries an Indian squaw. 

In ten years more the pioneers are coming from 
the east and south. Gen. William Henry Harrison, 
the first to buy the land around ]Mt. Vernon from the 
government, opens a land office. The first to buy from 
him is the ]McFadden family. From them they call 
this point 3IcFadden's Bluff, which later took the name, 



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Mt. Vernon, in honor of the Father of our Country's 
country home. 

West Franklin was the scene of many comings, 
its river landing made it accessable to all parts of the 
county. Here came the well known hunter, Daniel 
Boone, the famous naturalist, John James Audubon, 
the earnest Circuit Rider too. 

The settlers bring with them the customs of their 
former state and times, thus introducing into the wilds 
of Indiana a variety of industries and sports. The spin- 
ning wheel, the loom, the early school, the social Husk- 
ing Bee and quiltings which the old fiddler turns into a 
frolic gay. 

But first the men go forth in buckskin strong, with 
axe and gun to clear the land and furnish food. The 
women guard the spot called home. Unfriendly In- 
dians trespass on this sacred ground, even, it is said, at 
least one woman's long and glossy hair with scalp is 
taken from her head. A little clnld is stolen, but re- 
turned. 

And so the story runs, so many hardships and priva- 
tions fill the days. Across the county they follow the 
Indian and animal trail to the old salt licks of Illinois, 
called the Saline Road, for necessities. Indian hostil- 
ities grow grave along the western frontier so that Slim 
Andy INIcFadden and some comrads of the county go 
off to help fight the Battle of Tippecanoe. 



EPISODE II. 



The Rappite band comes down the river in flat and 
keel boats in 1814 and build the town of Harmonic. In- 
dustrious, frugal, brave, they fill their waking hours 
with toil and prayer, working out their community wel- 
fare. 

In 1825, Robert Owen buys their finished town and 
the country round and attempts his Xew Soho e l System, S&CiuJC 
world renowned. He calls the town Xew HarSony^ 

About this time JNIt. Vernon is selected as the per- 
manent site for seat of county government. The coun- 
ty papers are removed from Springfield thither, the 



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event celebrated on July 4th, 1825, a time when mar- 
riage license could be paid in skins or other commodities. 
On "Muster" day in the early part of 1816, there met a 
group of prominent citizens, of Mt. Vernon and the adjacent 
territory, at the house of "Tiddle de dum" McFadden's (near 
the foot of what is known as Store Street) for the purpose of 
selecting a suitable name for the town (Then called McFad- 
den's Bluff). After several suggestions had been given by the 
group, Samuel Rowe, then a young man, rose to speak and in 
the course of his speech said that his father had been a lieuten- 
ant under George Washington and that as Washington's home 
was named Mt. Vernon he thought it appropriate to name the 
town Mt. Vernon. This suggestion was received by all present 
with their hearty approval and they gave expression to their ap- 
proval by throwing their caps in the air and by passing around 
the jug. 

PAYING FOR A MARRIAGE LICENSE. 

Tradition informs us of an incident in the early days of 
Posey County when money was not as plentiful as now that 
there appeared before the Clerk of the Posey Circuit Court, a 
couple desirous of procuring a marriage license and that when 
the license had been issued, the groom, having no money, paid 
for them with coon skins. 

Many scientists now arrive via ^It. Vernon coming 
to the geological headquarters lately established at y^ew 
Harmony with Dr. David Dale Owen at their head. 

jNIt. Vernon is flat boat headquarters for southern 
Indiana for many years and water craft of all kinds are 
affoat upon the river, from Indian dugout and canoe 
and French parogue, the famous steamboat, Belvidei-e, 
on which rode Gen. Lafayette, ^Irs. Trollope and Fran- 
ces Wright, to nuich more modern boats. Between the 
flat boats roustabouts and the ^It. A^ernon coopers, in 
1883. an incident occurred, slight in itself but leaving a 
lasting impression, the HOOP POLE FIGHT, which 
made of Posey county the butt of many jokes for many 
years. 



EPISODE III. 



Years go by and Civil War is rife. ]Men are enlist- 
ing at recruiting stations, companies are forming and 
marching off" to the scene of action. Fife and drum 



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lead the head of the cohimn, while old soldiers of the 
Grand Army of tlie Republic follow like a shadow of 
tlie past. 

The women left at home perform their own and 
their husband's duties , also their son's, and lead an 
anxious and a weary life. 

Boom of canon is heard and the Battle of Shiloh 
is pictured in the distance — across the river. The wound- 
ed are brought home to be healed. After five years of 
devastating strife, the broken ranks return. The war 
is over. 

Then politics engage the public mind. All Amer- 
ica joins in the stirring scene. 

In 1888 when Alvin P. Hovey, favored son of 
Posey, born here in a log cabin home, is nominated for 
Governor of Indiana the excitement grows intense. 
Private citizens and politicians, enthusiastic, throng the 
street at night. An election pole is raised and flag flung 
to the breeze. The old Court House bonds go up on 
funeral pyre. A parade forms as in days of "Auld 
Lang Syne," with Brass Band, Glee Club, flfe and 
drum, torches, transparencies, red light, tin horns and 
bells. A real TORCH LIGHT PROCESSIOX. 

Then one sad day the scene is changed. 
The cholera scourge appears and leaves the County 
Capital disconsolate. 

EPISODE IV. 

In the meantime 2()th Century progression is com- 
ing on with rapid stride. Education, Science, Useful 
and Fine Arts, Public Institutions, Agriculture, Ath- 
letics, Literature, all are bursting into blazing signals 
of success. Posey county with her townships ten pro- 
duce and present to Indiana the varied products of their 
development and prosperity. 

^It. Vernon adds her precious casket of Centennial 
lore to her state's increasing toll. 

A bewildering vision of the hundred years just 



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passing is brought before us in one final flood of people, 
music and of light. Out National Star Spangled Ban- 
ner is sung by one human voice. Flags unfurl on every 
side. Pride and patriotism prevail, while our willing 
slave, ELECTRICITY, lends radiant beauty to the 
passing scene. 

CENTENNIAL COMMITTEES. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Lemuel T. Osborn, Chairman; Prof. E. J. Llewelyn, Gener- 
al Secretary; S. L. Thomas, Treasurer; Manuel Cronbach, John 
G. Herrman. W. O. Wilson, Otto Klein, A. V. Weisinger. Will 
Fogas, Claience Wolfe, A. K. Grant, Mrs. O. G. Zerse. 

FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

S. Luther Thomas, Chairman; Eugene Fuhrer, W. E. Hol- 
ton, Lee Rosenbaum, Chas. Dieterle, E. B. Schenk, John Keck, 
R. V. Stinson, Sr., Chas. Hempfling, Edgar Record, Lynn; Al- 
fred Ribeyre, Harmony; Chas. Garrett, Bethel; Dalton Fletchall, 
Robb; Wm. O. Boren, Smith; Henry Donner, Robinson; Chas. 
Dausmann, Marrs; Theo. C. Ashworth, Point; Dan Williams, 
Center. 

Black Township: E. B. Schenk, Chairman; W. E. Holton, 
Herbert Leffel, Daniel Lowenhaupt, J. W. Moses, A. W. Mackey, 
F^rank Suddoth, Oscar D. Keck, Otto C. Klein, Herman Rosen- 
baum, Sr.. John Forthoffer, Eugene H. Fuhrer, John W. Krug, 
Elwood Lichtenberger, Fred. P. Dietz, Lee Rosenbaum, Chas. 
G. Dieterle, Louis Wasem, A. V. Weisinger, C. F. Hempfling. J. 
G. Herrmann. Robert Stinson, Jr.. and John Keck. 

Harmony Township: Alfred Ribeyre. Clarence P. Wolfe 
and Arthur E. Fretageot. 

Bethel Township: Chas. Garrett and Chas. Armstrong. 

Smith Township: W. O. Boren. 

Marrs Township: Chas. Dausman. 

Robb Township: E. D. Fletchall and E. E. Lockwood. 

Center Township: Daniel Williams. 

Lynn Township: Edgar Record. 

Point Township: Thos. J. Conlin and Theo. C. Ashworth. 

Robinson Township: Henry Donner. Jr. 

DECORATION COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. O. G. Zerse. Chairman; Wm. Dietz, Martin Smith, Ot- 
to Klein, Geo. Weekesser, Ben. Berry. Mrs. Elwood Lichten- 
berger and Mrs. Edward Behrens. 

RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. O. S. Haas, Chairman; Lem Osborn, A. K. Grant, W. 



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E. Holton, E. H. Fuhrer, Prof. Llewelyn, E. B. Schenk, G. W. 
Curtis, Marsh Hall, David Rosenbaum, Alex. Hutchinson, Chas. 
Rhein, Bex Trimble. Mesdomes Lem Osborn, A. B. Hart, Chas. 
Brinkman, Louis Keck, Chas. Mann, Robt Stinson, Sr., Herdis 
Clements and Miss Florence McGregor. 

HISTORIC COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. A. B. Hart, Chairman; Mrs. C. T. Johnson, Secretary; 
Mrs. Alfred Alexander, Mrs. Henry Kling, Mt. Vernon; Mrs. 
Nora Fretageot and Wm. Mumford, New Harmony; Mrs. Ar- 
thur Jacquess and Mrs. Will Davis, Poseyville; Dan Williams, 
Wadesville. 

ASSISTANTS. 

Mrs. Thomas Cleveland, Mrs. John Gudgel, Cynthiana; 
Miss Anna Welborn, Stewartsville; Dr. Bryden, Griffin; Paci- 
fic Hendricks, West Franklin; Mrs. John Caborn, Caborn ; Mrs. 
Lizzie Maier, St. Phillips. 

LIGHT COMMITTEE. 

Oscar Keck, Chairman; Martin Smith and Roy Agin. 
STAGE CARPENTER. 

Martin Smith, Chairman; E. A. Swinerton, Oscar Keck 
and Ray Smith. 

PARADE. 

A. V. Weisinger, Chairman; John Conlin, J. S. Williams, 
J. E. Anderson, Kelly DeFur and B. O. Hanby. 

COMMITTEE ON LOCATING POINTS OF INTEREST. 

Mrs. Alice L. Harper Hanby, Chairman; John Anderson 
and John Larkin. 

ARRANGEMENTS AND TRANSPORTATION. 

Charles T. Johnson, Chairman; J. J. Shryock, Eugene H. 
Fuhrer, Clarence Thomas, Dr. R. E. Wilson, J. Pfeffer, Jr., Will 
Egli, John Fisher, Bethel; Louis Dernberger, Robb ; Carl Sisk, 
Smith; J. M. Canary, Center; Charles Raben, Robinson; John 
Carson, Marrs; Thos. J. Conlin, Point. 

INVITATION COMMITTEE. 

Wm. O. Wilson, Chairman; Herman Rosenberger, W. V. 
Mangrum, E. J. Llewelyn, Geo. W. Curtis, James Blackburn, 
Arthur Jacquess, Mrs. E. V. Johnson, Geo. Zimmerman, Jos. E. 
Kelly. 

MUSIC COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. R. E. Wilson, Chairman; H. H. Tovey and Miss Edith 
Boye, Cynthiana; Mrs. Walter Eaton, Poseyville; Mrs. Geo. 
Ford, Mrs. H. C. Ford, A. E. Fretageot, New Harmony; Mrs. 
Chas. Johnson, Jr., Mrs. Lee Rosenbaum, Prof. C. J. Nelson, E. 
M. Spencer and Rev. A. W. Raabe, Mt. Vernon. 

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. 

Herb. Leffel, Chairman; C. P. Wolfe, Winston Menzies, P. 



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W. Roche, H. H. Sarlls, Floyd Oursler, B. O. Hanby, H. T. Sla- 
ter, Jas. E. Jacquess. 

CURIO COMMITTEE. 

Mrs. Alfred Alexander, Chairman; Mrs. Ferd Larkin, Mrs. 
Herdis Clements, Mrs. Charles Dawson, Miss Celia Crunk. 

PAGEANT PEOPLE. 

Committee from Rambler Club of Mt. Vernon: Chairman, 
Mrs. J. R. Evertson; Assistants, Mrs. W. D. Lawrence, Mrs. 
John Haas and Mrs. O. S. Haas. 

COSTUME COMMITTEE. 

Chairman, Mrs. John Haas, Mt. Vernon; Assistants, Mrs. 
John S. Williams, Mrs. D. C. Ramsey, Mrs. Elam Williams, Mrs. 
Lee Rosenbaum, Mrs. Dan Lowenhaupt, Mrs. Louis Keck, Mrs. 
Robert Stinson, Jr., Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Otto Klein, Mrs. Herb 
Leffel and Mrs. Lynn Strack. 

COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. 

Chairman, Mrs. Lem Osborne; Mrs. D. C. Ramsey and Miss 
Emily Keck. 

CITY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. 

Chairman, Miss Emily Keck; Eleanor Wolfinger and Emily 
Forthoffer. 

FIREFLY COMMITTEE. 

Chairman, Mrs. John Hall, Helen Fuhrer and Emily Keck. 

PROPERTIES COMMITTEE. 

Chairman, Mrs. Isaac Wolf; Mrs. Edward Highman. 

CAST COMMITTEE. 

Chairman, Mrs. O. S. Haas; Mrs. J. R. Evertson, Mrs. W. 
D. Lawrence, Mrs. Lem Osborne, Mrs. Richard Sullivan, Mrs. 
Robert Stinson, Jr., Miss Elsa Wasem, Miss Helen Fuhrer, Miss 
Eleanor Wolfinger, Miss Emily Keck, Mrs. Louis Keck, Mrs. 
Jake Rosenbaum, Mrs. John Haas, Mrs. Lynn Strack, Mrs. O. 
C. Klein, Mrs. Dan Lowenhaupt, Miss Emily Forthoffer and Mrs. 
Ike Wolf. 

(1) WATER SPRITES— CAST. 

Queen — Miss Hope Schiela. 

Cynthiana, Indiana. Elzada Burrows 

Chlotie Bixler Margaret Crabb 

/vlarie Smith Naomi Rawlings 
Helen Cudgel Wadesville, Indiana. 

Irene Lowe Anna Wade 

Ora McReynolds May Williams 

New Harmony, Indiana. Hazel Ramsey 

Natalie Wade Eugenia Becker 

Mabel Endicott Marguerite Wade 

Dorothy Donald Jessie May Wingo 



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Griffin, Indiana. 

Leta Oldham 
Viola Williams 
America Fischer 
Thelma Dixon 
Edith Garrett 
Cecil Henshaw 
Hazel Price 
Elsie Wilson 

Stevvartsville, Indiana. 
Katherine Boyle 
Lydia Doll 
Ella Wilkinson 
Mary Beal 
Ethel Pulliam 
Nettie Alexander 
Hazel Gibson 
Maude McClure 
Gertrude Dunlap 



Margaret Amick 
Bertha Reynolds 
Ellen Staley 

Poseyville, Indiana. 

Hattie Phillips 
Mary Erbacher 
Veta Strickfadden 
Lela Montgomery 
Lola Westfall 
Mildred Sutton 
Mildred Douglas 
Burlette Yeager 
Beulah Yeager 
Ophia Owen 
Normalie Webb 
Etta Martin 
Gladys Davis 
Olivia Joest 



(2) WOOD NYMPHS— CAST. 



Mt. Vernon, Indiana. 

Mary Ruminer 
Carmen Wade 
Beulah Karnes 
Mary Kuhn 
Mary Benthal! 
Bessie Jeffries 
Juanita Tudor 
Marie Souder 
Marjorie Bailey 
Aurelia Nefzger 
Olga Pfeffer 
Beatrice Merchanthouse 
Ruth Schultheis 
Marguerite Maurer 
Jessie Lamb 
Cordia Oliver 
Louise Mann 
Armade Wade 
Sophia Maurer 
Hildred Oliver 
Dorothy Doerr 
Delia Thomas 
Lillian Stephens 
Florence Page 
Louise Leffel 
Iris Spiller 



Emily Forthoffer 
Pauline Henson 
Louise Ashworth 
Eleanor Page 
Margaret Doerr 
Mary Ellen Bateman 
Norma Wade 
Ruth Dexheimer 
Grace Bunton 
Charlotte Brinkman 
Stella Pfister 
Mary Stinson 
Emily Keck 
Eleanora Wolfinger 
Gertrude Leubberman 
Mary Louise Fitton 
Esther Menzies 
Helen Keck 
Fern Leipold 
Jamia Bailey 
Pauline Bailey 
Harriet Green 
Mary Louise Black 
Gladys Woodard 
Marie Ludlow 
Henrietta Gempler 
Hazel Ashworth 



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Alma Beuthall 
Josephine Kelly 
Helen Hironemous 
Bertha Thomas 
Lucile Hempfling 
Beatrice Grossman 
Flora Dixon 
Blanche Neff 
Leah Suddoth 



Cecil Dixon 
Helen Fuhrer 
Eva Roach 
Miriam Wilson 
Dora Cooke 
Madeline Forthoffer 
Lavita Weckeser 
Emily Nolte 



(3) FIREFLY— CAST. 

Adele Cohn (Daughter of Mose Cohn). 

Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Mary Clements 

Mary Haas Mary Wade Tudor 

Lucile Page Isabelle Hovey 

Lillie Brinkman Edith Maier 

Margaret Sugg Flora Woodard 

Helen Hovey Dorothy David 

Florence Hovey Annabelle Hastings 

Margaret Blockley Edith Green 

Alice Zimmerman Margaret Forthoffer 

Henrietta Fuelling Pauline Short 

EPISODE I. 
Scenes 1 and 2. 



"Tuesday Club", Mt. Vernon. 

Chairman of Episode, Mrs. C. E 
. Smith. 

Committee on Indians, Fur 
Traders and Missionaries — Mrs. j 
James Blackburn, Mrs. Flora 
Fuhs. 

Committee on Soldiers — Mrs. 
A. V. Weissinger, Mrs. John 
Turner, Mrs. Walter Conlin. 



Committee on Costumes — 
Mrs. J. E. Doerr, Mrs. George 
Zimmerman, Mrs. J. M. Harlem, 
Mrs. A. N. Mackey. 

Committee on Properties — 
Miss Alice Fogas, Mrs. R. F. 
Larkin, Mrs. John Conlin. 

C-ommittee on Music — Hope 
Schiela, Mrs. R. E. Wilson. 



Entire Cast List of Episode I. Scenes 1 and 2. 

Indians — Red Men's Lodge of Griffin. 



Braves. 

William Stinson, Chief 
Ivan Fields 
Louis Alles 
William W. Ridenour 
Numa Williams 
Charles Ruminer 
Wm. Ruminer 
John Doerr 
Louis Hohstadt 
Myron Wade 



Howard Breece 
Clifford Maier 
Edgar Wolf 
Will AUyn 
Erskine Utley 
Lemuel Philips 
Sylvanus Utley 
Joe Duckworth 
Sydney Grossman 
Clarence Schenk 



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Squaws. 

Mrs. Geo. \Vm. Curtis 
Mrs. Numa Williams 
Mrs. Fred Koerner 
Mrs. C. T. Johnson, Jr. 
Mrs. Weilbrenner 
Hattie Fuhrer 
Olivia Kuhn 
Leona Welborn 
Lena Ridenour 
Jessie Pritchard 
Mayme Moll 
Georgia Alles 
Lenora Schenk 
Florence Pfister 
Dora Ward 

Children. 
Kathrine E. Williams 
Numa Williams, Jr. 
Esther Koerner 
Helen Weilbrenner 
Manford Weilbrenner 
Paul Pfister 

Missionaries. 
Andrew Foster 
Carl Schwenzer 
Edward Alles 
Robert White 
Arthur Schenk 
Charles Gerth 

Fur Traders and Trappers. 
John Schultheis 
Charles Lawrence 
Herman Milspaugh 
Albert Vaupel 



Kelley Defur 
Earl Alldredge 

Red Coats. 

Raymond Hoehn 
Will Schenck 
Harold Helmet 
Malcolm Fuhrer 
George Green 
Sam Davis 
Walter Thomas 
James Kilroy 
Alvin Gempler 
John Teute 
Will Bryant 
Will Greise 
Louis Keck 

American Soldiers. 
Arvan Hall 
Arnold Crowder 
William Wilson 
Lloyd Thompson 
Jacob Behrick, Jr. 
Walter G. Conlin 
Lyonial Allen 
Wm. Peters 
Kenneth Crunk 
Thomas Boyce 
Herbert Forthoffer 
Fred Thomas 
Elmer Schenk 
Ivan Wentz 
Robert Keck 
Henry Retweisch 
George Krug 
Myron Wade 



EPISODE I. 
Scenes 3 and 4. 



Coterie Literary Club. 



Mrs. L. L. Hurley, Chairman 
Mrs. Joseph Kelley 
Mrs. Clint Stroud 



Mrs. F. L. 

Miss Inez 

man 
Mrs. R. L. 



Wright 
Music. 

MacGregor, 

Agin 



Caste. 

Mrs. L. L. Hurley, Chairman 
Mrs. Joseph Kelley 
Mrs. Sam Davis 
Miss Inez MacGregor 
Chair- Mrs. O. G. Zerse 
Mrs. J. C. Fisher 



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Costumes. 

Mrs. F. L. Wright, Chairman 

Mrs. Elwood Lichtenberger 

Mrs. Hugh Hurley 

Mrs. Jessie Page 

Miss Lida Ramsey 

Properties. 

Mrs. Edward Behrens, Chair- 
man 

Mrs. Chas. Walter 

Mrs. R. L. Agin 

Mrs. Clint Stroud 

Notification. 

Mrs. John Walter, Chairman 

Miss Florence McGregor 

Mrs. Carrie Buchanan 

Mrs. Jacob Maas 

Mrs. Chester Sandefur 

Mrs. Edward Bamberger 
Parade. 

Mr. an.d Mrs. Edward Bamber- 
ger, Chairmen 

Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Lichten- 
berger 

Mr. O. G. Zerse 

PIONEERS. 
Black Township. 

Mr. Edward Behrens 

Mrs. Clint Stroud 

Mrs. D. L. Scholey 

Mr. George Black 

George Thomas Black 

Mrs. A. V. Weisinger 

Emily Dee Weisinger 

Mrs. Sallie Ashworth 

Mae Hurley Ashworth 

Geo. Ashworth, Jr. 

Mrs. Tolliver 

Mrs. G. W. Kimball 

Dr. Alvie Hovey 

Florence Hovey 

Esther Hovey 

Anna Jaquess Hovey 

Mr. Chas. MacGregor 

Sarah Katherine MacGregor 

Miss Inez MacGregor 

Mrs. Lorian Saltzman 

Baby Saltzman 



Robb Township. 

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Jaquess 
Mrs. Anna Jaquess Davis 
Morris Davis 

Mrs. Lula Jaquess Westfall 
Cavett Westfall 
Marjorie Westfall 
Miss Bertha Jaquess 
Mrs. Nina Jaquess Davis 
Ruth Davis 
Robert Jaquess Davis 
Mr. Paul H. Jaquess 
Richard H. Jaquess 
William T. Jaquess 
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cavett 
Mrs. Mary L. Jaquess 
Mark Jaquess 
Mr. and Mrs. Omer Brown 
Isabel Brown 
Ester Brown 
Katherine Green 
Hope Hatfield 
Helen Lockwood 
"Marcia Lockwood 
Robelt Lockwood 
Jas. S. Kilroy 
Mr. John E. Stevens 

Point Township. 

Mr. Clarence Todd 
Mr. Geo. W. Curtis 
Mr. Will Davis 
Miss Lula Ramsey 
Mrs. John Walter 
Mrs. G. E. Behrens 
Mr. J. M. Greathouse 
Miss Bessie Greathouse 
Mr. John Conlin 

Center Township. 

Mr. Dan Williams 
Mr. Abner Wade 
Mrs. Ellen Wade 
Mr. Jas. W. Wade 
Miss Rachel Wade 
Miss Loise Wade 
Mr. Edwin Wade 
Mr. Ralph Causey 
Mr. Jas. Causey 
Miss Laura R. Causey 



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Lynn Township. 

Mrs. Geo. G. Thomas 
Mrs. Herdis Clements 
Mr. Nick McFadden 
Geo. P. McFadden 
Enoch C. McFadden 
Mrs. John Lamb and children 
Mrs. Wm. Gonnerman 
Martha Gonnerman 

Marrs Township. 

Mr. Richard Crunk 
Mr. Grant Dixon 
Mr. John Carson 
Mr. Arthur Wolfinger 

Smith Township. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bell Smith 
Mrs. V. G. Whiting 
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Smith 
Miss Marie Smith 



Miss Carrie Smith 
Miss Fern Smith 

Bethel Township. 

Mr. John J. Heady 

Mr.- and Mrs. Chas. Armstrong 

Harmony Township. 

Mr. Jasper Stallings 
Mr. Truman Stallings 
Mrs. Alex. Wilson 
Mrs. Elmer Elliot 
Miss Helen Elliot 
Mr. Pierce Hunter 
Mr. George Stallings 
Miss Ida Fox 
Miss Martha Fox 
Mr. John Nash 
Mr. Wm. Hunter 
Mr. Walter Bailey 
Miss Mary Bailev 
Mr. Willis Stallings 



EPISODE II. 
Scene 1. Coming of the Rappites. 

Chairman, Mrs. Emma Wolf, New Harmony. 



George (Father) Rape 
Frederick Rapp 
Mrs. George Rapp 
Johanna Rapp 
Rosina Rapp 
Gertrude Rapp 
Jacob Dengler 
Johannes Trompeter 
John Reichert 
Jacob Henrici 



Rappites. 

Raymond Cox 

Manford Record 

Miss Mina Robinson 

Miss Nettie York 

Miss Elvira Damon 

Mrs. Nell Richards Hayden 

W. O. Tretheway 

Dewey Hancock 

John Heuring 

Copeland Baldwin 

Other Rappites: — Mesdames Selma Heuring, Clara Trethe- 
way Ward, Georgie Conrad Horton, Clara Sanders Cox, Maud 
Taylor, Mary Kuykendall and two children, Jessie Fulton Dixon, 
and Henrietta, Kate Hurd and two sons, Gerald and Richard. 
Luella Stallings and baby, Mrs. James Axton, Bessie Kuyken- 
dall Hunter, Demie Sutton Kuykendall; Misses Loraine Ander- 
son, Nellie Hargrave, Nora Cook, Georgie Wade, Rose Linx- 
wiler, Fern Nickens, Madge Kagle, May Hobby, Eunice Cox, 
Bertha Wade; Messrs Harry Kuykendall, Kenneth Hayden, Wil- 
bur Smith, Pote Kemmerling, Merrill Mann, Cloyce Walls, Ar- 
vil Hyatt, Paul Johnson, Everett Axton, Joe Stockert, Owen 
Willy, John Benton, Adrian Handcock. 



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Scene 2. The Owenites. 

Chairman, Miss M. E. Fauntleroy. 

Mrs. Frances Owen Hiatt Dancers. 

Mrs. Aline Owen Nea) Earl Eagleson 

Caroline Creese Pelham Oliver Kemmerling 

A. E. Fretageot Robert Chaffin 

Mary Fretageot Roy Wheatcroft 

Mrs. Carrie Pote Bailey Eugene Eagleson 

Anna Pote Albert Heckman 

Mrs. Anna Elliott Kelley Harry Clump 

Helen Elliott I. R. Mayers 

Eunice Cox Carl Stephens 

Ena Long Charles Kemmerling 

Miss Moore Elwood Burrows 

Mrs. J. J. Anderson Chester Montgomery 

Elsie Wilhelm Mildred Cartwright 

Natala Wade Dorothy Donald 

E. W. Wilson Edna Kemmerling 

Mrs. E. W. Wilson Ruth Lockhart 

Clyde Wilson Leona Schnee 
Mrs. Helen Hofreiter Wilson Geraldine Endicott 
Mrs. Dorothy Hofreiter Long Nadine Chaffin 

Anneta York Camilla Armstrong 

Merl Perry Hersha Nash 

Scene 3. 

Put on by Sunbeam Chapter Number 1 O. E. S., and the 
members of Beulah Lodge Number 578, F. A. M., of Mt. Vernon, 
Indiana. 

Chairman, Ambrose W. Harbert. 
Episode written by Mrs. Alice Harper Hanby. 



CASTE COMMITTEE— G. Edward Behrens, Chairman; 
Paul L. Short, Mabel Zimmerman, Julia Agin, Ida Erwin, Wil- 
liam H. Erwin, William R. Dexheimer and Jesse Rosenbaum. 

COSTUME COMMITTEE— Nobia Mann, Chairman; Rob- 
ert V. Stinson, Jr. 

PROPERTIES COMMITTEE— Thomas J. Erwin, Chair- 
man; Jesse Rosenbaum and Thomas N. Williams. 

NOTIFICATION COMMITTEE— Charles Mann, Chairman. 

MUSIC COMMITTEE— Alice B. Barker, Chairman. 



COMING OF THE McFADDEN'S. 

"Slim" Andrew McFadden Enoch McFadden 

"Aunt' Beky McFadden, wife Florence McFadden 

Alexander McFadden Carson Alexander 

Maria McFadden Lena Alexander 

Hogan McFadden Goebel McFadden 



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Squire McFadden Noah McFadden 

Kate McFadden Idela Alexander 

"Tiddle de dum" or Andrew McFadden . . .Enoch C. McFadden 

Catherine McFadden, wife Belle McFadden 

Three Boys Whose Names are Unknown 

. .Clarence Walker, Jr., Albert McFadden, Herman Whipple 
Two Girls Whose Names Are Unknown 

Garnett Bradley, Nola B. Weir 

William McFadden George P. McFadden 

Sarah McFadden, wife Lue McFadden 

Noah McFadden Elwood Barbee 

Rebecca McFadden Ruth Hall 

Lucinda McFadden Beulah McFadden 

James McFadden Herdis McFadden 

John McFadden John Hall 



NAMING OF MT. VERNON. 



Aaron Williams Dan Williams 

"Tiddle de dum" or Andrew McFadden . . .Enoch C. McFadden 

John Carson Charles Carson 

William Alexander Philip D. Alexander 

Absolem Duckworth John Duckworth 

Nathan Ashworth George A. Ashworth 

Samuel Rowe John S. Williams 

John McFadden John Hall 

James Black John S. Conlin 

Dann Lynn Patrick Lynn 

John Givens Green Givens 

Samuel Gill John T. Gill 

George Washington Millard Robison 

MARRIAGE CASTE (In Paying for a Marriage License). 

Clerk O.N. Fretagoel 

Groom Jesse Rosenbaum 

Bride Gladvs Barker 



HOOP POLE FIGHT. 

RIVER PIRATES— Thomas J. Erwin, Thomas N. Williams, 
Charles Mann, Edward Turner, Herschel B. Millspaugh, Ben 
Berry, Cecil M. Bush, Elbert E. Black, Sylvanus Johnson, Alfred 
R. Upton, Virgil Smith, Charles E. Hagemann, Edward D. Edel- 
maier. 

COOPERS— Elmer D. Knight, Edward L. Kreie, Jesse Ros- 
enbaum, Malcolm W. Fuhrer, Abram T. Ratcliffe. 

CITIZENS FIRST GROUP— William R. Dexheimer, Paul L. 
Short, John C. Krug, Robert V. Stinson, Jr.. Walter Smith Dow- 
nen. Urban S. Marrs, Aldred J. Alexander. 

CITIZENS SECOND GROUP— Henry Kling, William O. 
Knight, Roscoe U. Barker, Edwin Page. James R. Blackburn, G. 



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Edward Behrens, Silas G. Howard, Foshee Springer. Otto G. 
Zerse, Herman Rosenbaum. 

LADIES— Ida Knight, Carrie Knight, Martha \V. Harbert, 
Marguerite Kreutzinger. 

MARSHALL— Orlando Allyn. 
SMALL BOY— Arthur Glenn Knight. 



EPISODE III. 

Scene 1. Civil War. 

Woman's Relief Corps, Assisted bv the G. A. R.'s and the 
M. W. A.'s. 

Chairman, Mrs. Elmo Dunn. 
CAST COMMITTEE— Mrs. Elmo Dunn, Mrs. Chas. Brink- 
man. 

PROPERTY COMMITTEE— Pearl Noel, W. S. Marrs. 

COSTUME COMMITTEE— Mrs. Chas. Brinkman, Nancy 
Hacket. 

POLITICAL PARADE COMMITTEE— Mrs. Dr. Schultz, 
Mamie Duncan. 

RECRUITING OFFICER— W. S. Marrs. 

PROMOTERS— French Dixon, Wallace Maier, Jr. 

MAIL MAN— G. W. Kimball. 

POSEY COUNTY GENERALS— Hovey, Royal Kemper; 
Pitcher, Gilbert Behrick; Harrow, French Clements. 



Muster Day. 

As Civil War Soldiers. Dan Thompson 

Captain, Roscoe Barnett Leslie Johnson 

Corporal, Fred Koerner Evert Heath 

Sargeant, Arthur Klein Joe Cox 

Privates. Ivan Carrol 

Will McDaniel Allen Davis 

Lee Mitchell Raymond Bray 

Wilfred Phillips Otto Heath 

Chas. Walker Joe Forthoffer 

Frank Haas Chas. Laster 



Return of the Soldiers. 

(Shadows of the Past). 

Grand Army Men. Henry Klotz 

Post Commander, U. S. Marrs. John Gill 
Major G. W. Kimball French Dixon 

Alonzo Erwin Tom Martell 



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Robert Magill Maj. G. V. Menzies 

L. W. Jones Miles Wilsey 

Tall Clark Asmus Riechen 

\Vm. Acuff R. M. Stinnett 

Sylvester Kirk Gottlieb Tischendorf 

R. F. Larkin Capt. Frank Greathouse 

Tom Jones Vincent Cartwright 
W. H. Miller 



A Street Scene or the Girl I Left Behind Me. 

(News from the Front) 

Mrs. Frank Fessenden Mrs. Ed. Sheller and children 

Mrs. Dr. Moses Mrs. Joe Sheller and children 

Mrs. Henry Kreie Anna Louise Kueber 

Mrs. Grace Miller Katherine Maier 

Mrs. Margaret Frick Mrs. J. C. Maier 

Mrs. Kate Noel Mrs. N. R. Nye 

Miss Eva Dixon Mrs. Mary Kuehn 

Mrs. Lizzie Alldridge and Mrs. Kuhn 

daughter Mrs. Miller 



Knitting. 

Mrs. Millspaugh Mrs. Bertha Kemper 

Mary Millspaugh Mrs. Adam Wehr 
Mrs. Ida Alldredge as Sis Hop- Mrs. Sam Carr 

kins Laurence Woodward 

Mrs. Lincoln Gill John Ramsey of Poseyville who 

Daisy Gill witnessed Lincoln's assassin- 
Mrs. Carl Weilbrenner and ation. 

family John Kueber 

Battle of Shiloh. 

Bringing to Mt. Vernon, wounded soldiers from the Battlefield. 
Return of the Soldiers. 

General Pitcher 

General Harrow 

General Hovey 

Belt and Sword worn by the Lieut, of the Company were 
presented to M. V. Wilsey by Co. F, 25th Indiana Volunteers, 
as a token of respect. 



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EPISODE III. 




Scene 2. The Hov 


ey Campaign. 


Ho 


vey Torch Light Procession. 


Gertus Allyn 


M 


rs. Rudolph Schultz, Chair- 


Jimmie Morris 




man. 


Nepper Hovey 


1. 


Indianapolis Marine Band. 


Walter Grey Conlin 


2. 


Transparency and Torch 10. 


Glee Club Wagon 




Light Corps. 


Goddess, Mary Elizabeth 


3. 


Imported German Band 


Mackey 




(Wm. Dietz and Wm. 


Margaret Brinkman 




Weir) 


Elfreda Hironimus 


4. 


Outrider. Mildred Bailey. 


Emily Alldredge 


5, 


Speaker's Carriage. 


Madge Oliver 


6. 


Outrider, Lillie Brinkman. 


Rose Morelock 


7. 


Transparencies and 


Isabel Hovey 




Torches 


Rosamond Hovey 


8. 


The Bustle Ladies of 1888 


Susie Sugg 




Mrs. Dave Rosenbaum 


Margie Sugg 




Mrs. Lee Rosenbaum 


Helen Young 




Mrs. Wm. Lawrence 


Naome Young 




Mrs. Lottie Erwin 


Mary L. Byron 




Mrs. Lynn Strack 


Elnora Stevens 




Mrs. Lem Osborne 


Jesse Conlin 




Mrs. John S. Williams 


Elnore Barbee 




Mrs. John A. Haas 


Mary 0. Wilson 


9. 


"Hovey Drum Corps" 11. 


Clowns 




Tim Crunk 


George Green 




Alfred Daniel 


Jack Moeller 



Scene 3. Tableau. 

In Memory of Mt. Vernon's Cholera Stricken Victims, IS73. 



EPISODE IV PROGRESS UNFOLDED 

Posey County's Offering- to Her State — Education, Art, Music, 
Athletics and Science. 





Caste. 




Education. 


Miss 


Annabel Highman 


Mrs. Ed. Smith 


Mrs. 


Bamberger 


Miss Julia Schisley 


Mrs. 


Hugh Harley 


Mrs. Bell Flischer' 




Music. 


Mrs. Llewelyn 


Mrs. 


Lemuel Osborne 


Mliss Jones 


Mrs. 


John Walter 


Art. 


Mrs. 


George Zimmerman 


Miss Lucile Robinson 


Mrs. 


Alfred Alexander 



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Athletics. 

Mary Carr 
Elizabeth Clements 
Susie Sugg 
Belva Davis 
Mildred Bailey 
Eunice Breeze 
Ruth Robinson 
Mary Raben 
Thelma Spigler 
Isabel Hovey 
Frank Harlem, Baseball 
Mark Crunk, Baseball 
Arch Thomas, Baseball 
Orvan Hall, Baseball 
Chapman Utley, Baseball 
Thomas Boyce, Football 
Jett Williams, Football 
Jake Berdick, Football 
Aurelius Reedle, Football 
Owen Cowen, Football 

Science. 

Gerard Troost, Geologist 

Wm. McClure, Geologist 

Thomas Say. Zoologist 

Chas. A. Lesueur, Nat. & Artist 

C S. Raffinesqe, Botanist 

Dr. David Dale Owen, Geologist 

Dr. Richard Owen, Geologist 

Robt.H. Fauntleroy, Meteorologist 

Edward h. Cox, Geologist 

Henry Pratten, Scientist 

John Jas. Audubon, Ornithologist 



FRIEZE OF PRODUCTS. 

Miss Ray Jones 

Miss Anna Kemmerling 

Mr. Louis Heckman 

Miss Estella Brandt 

Mr. Geo. Moye 

Mr. Marion Tennyson 

Mr. Winifred Fisher 

Mr. Ray Delashmit 

Mr. Basil McCoy 

Mr. Wilson Elder 

Mr. Lester Anderson 

Mr. Clydus Walker 

Mr. Raymond Kuykendall 

Mr. Mark Jaquess 

Mrs. Edna Aldrich 

Mrs. Mary Ramsey 

Mrs. Hattie Schisler 

Mrs. Christine Schisler 

Mrs. Dena Orth 

Mrs. Inez Dixon 

Mrs. Nellie Hargrove 

Mrs. Lillie Sheretz 

Mrs. Helen Sheretz 

Mrs. Mary Hinenkamp 

Miss Lorene Motz 

Miss Louise Brandt 

Miss Lena Alexander 

Miss Anna Jones 

Miss Delia Sturgis 

Miss Fanny Gwaltney 

Miss Helen Elliot 
j Miss Williams 



Father Time. 

Mr. E. E. Highman and his Winged Fairies (Same personnel 
as Fireflies of the Introduction. 



(Should any names have been omitted it was done uninten- 
tionally, as the copy was compelled to go to the printer early.) 



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HYMN TO INDIANA. 

To Heaven raise thy star-crowned head 

Superb Indiana! 
Thy future to glory wed 

Through toil! Praise God! Hosanna! 
Arise! Stand! Strive! Thy faith revive! 

With courage and decision 

Press onward toward thy vision! 
Arise Firm! True! Thy strength renew! 

God prosper thy gages 

To serve the coming ages! 
To Heaven raise they star-crowned head, 

Superb Indiana! 
Thy future to glory wed 

Through toil! Praise God! Hosanna! 



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_ . INTRODUCTION ANp FINALE. ^ 

Posey County, represented by Mrs. Chas. Johnson, Mt. Vernon, 
Ind. 

Black Township, represented by Miss Elsie Wasem, Mt. Vernon. 

Lynn Township, represented by Mrs. Mart Walter, Mt. Vernon. 

Point Township, represented by Miss Nellie Hargrove, Mt. Ver- 
non, Ind. 

Marrs Township, represented by Miss Inez Dixon, Mt. Vernon. 

Center Township, represented by Miss Mary Ram^sey, Wades- 
ville, Ind. 

Robison Township, represented by Miss Olivia Fisher, St. Phil- 
lips, Ind. 

Robb Township, represented by Miss Mary Westfall, Poseyville, 
Ind. 

Bethel Township, represented by Miss Delia Sturgis, Griffin. 

Harmony Township, represented by Miss Marjory Bailey, Nev/ 
Harmony, Ind. 

Smith Township, represented by Miss Marguerite McNaughton, 
Cynthiana, Ind. 



Review of Pageant. 

A strong box of Centennial valuables will be deposited in 
the vault of the First National Bank, to be opened at the next 
Indiana (Posey County) Centennial Celebration. 

The box will contain pictures of participants, a copy of the 
"Word Book", Minutes and Reference Books of the Secretaries, 
Press Notices, etc. 

A hope is expressed by the Committee now in charge that 
the President of the Bank (serving as custodian in 1916) may 
take the role of "Father Tim" in the celebration of that vear. 



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NOTES. 



Posey County was named in honor of Thomas Posey, 
Governor of the "Territory" at the time it was created. He was 
the last of the Territorial Governors and a man of great dis- 
tinction and marked ability. 



The seal of Posey County, adopted by the County in 
1835, in honor of Wm. Henry Harrison, and which bears his ini- 
tials, is reproduced on the cover of the Pageant Book and is still 
the official seal in use today. 



The Minerva Society, the first Woman's Club in the United 
States, was organized in New Harmony in 1859 by Miss Con- 
stance Owen Fauntleroy, grand daughter of Robert Owen — aft- 
erwards Mrs. James Runcie. 



Those coming from the forest, represent as nearly as pos- 
sible, the families found here, or who came later in the period. 



Note the guns used in the pioneer scenes — they are the 
products of the first crude gunsmiths in this country — many of 
them property of local people. 



The products carried by the young people from the differ- 
ent townships, and seen in the Finale, represent the chief agri- 
cultural contributions of the county, to the State. 



All those entering the pioneer scenes by flat-boat, raft or 
canoe, are descendants of the families who actually came to 
the county in that manner. 



Those entering by ox-cart, horseback and wagon, are like- 
wise the descendants of the families who came overland to this 
territory. 



Mrs. B. O. Hanby, (daughter of Dr. John Harper and Jane 
Dunn) who wrote the Mt. Vernon Episode of the County Pag- 
eant, is the granddaughter of James Dunn, of firm of Dunn & 
McFadden, and great-granddaughter of Robert and Lydia Dunn 
who came to Posey County from Ohio in 1808. 



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"Darling Nellie Gray", the song which rendered a distinct 
service in the great movement that culminated in the Emancipa- 
tion Proclamation, was composed (both words and music) by- 
Benjamin Russell Hanby, father of Mr. B. O. Hanby of Mt. Ver- 
non, 



Benjamin Russell Hanby was born in Rushville, Ohio, 1833, 
graduated with honors, from Otterbein University at Wester- 
ville, Ohio, in 1856 — which year the famous song was written. 
He was also the composer of "Ole Shady" and many other popu- 
lar songs. 



The three McFaddens, Slim Andy, William and Andrew 
(tiddle-de-dum) are represented in the pioneer scene by 
Messrs. Nick McFadden, Geo. P. McFadden and Enoch C. Mc- 
Fadden. 



Mr. Wm. Maurer, who took the part of Circuit Rider in the 
Bloomington pageant, is a Posey County man and carries the 
part in this scene. 



Mr. Geo. Wm. Curtis represents the Greathouse and Cur- 
tis families of Point Township in the "Tom Jones" scene. 



Three generations of the Wade family, for whom Wades- 
vile is named, are represented in the pioneer scene. 



The Smith family of Cynthiana, for whom Smith Town- 
ship is named, represent the pioneer family of that name in the 
"Baptist Meetin' " scene. 

The entire Jaquess family of Poseyville, well known family 
of pioneers, represents Robb Township in the "District School" 
scene. 



Harmony Township's families are represented in the scene 
"Husking Bee" in the pioneer period of the pageant. 



All properties used in the pioneer scenes are the original 
articles preserved by different people throughout Posey County 
and collected by the directors of this period. 



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The powder flask and gun carried by "Daniel Boone" (Mr. 
Dan Williams) are original types of that period and are now 
owned by Mr. Wm. Russell, Mt. Vernon. 



The bible here used belongs to Mr. Aaron Greathouse and 
is 1 16 years old. 



Mr. Clarence Todd leads the men to the battle of "Tippe- 
canoe" is a descendant of the man who originally lead them and 
carries a gun that served in this battle. 

The gun and horn carried by "John James Audubon" (Prof. 
G. E. Behrens) are relics of a century ago, now owned by a 
Marrs Township family. 



Mrs. Edward Behrens wears a costume 125 years old, worn 
by her great-grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Calender Greathouse, 
grandmother of Mr. Chas. Greathouse. 



Little Miss Mary Alexander in the pioneer scene has the 
distinction of having four grandfathers and four grandmothers 
that were pioneers of Posey County. 




THE WESTERN STAR PRINT 
MT. VERNON, IND. 



